Birth: 21 October 1908 6 Percy Road, Stoughton, Surrey, UK
Father: Oliver Swetman 1888-1956
Mother: Bertha Hann 1888-1956
Christening: 8 August 1909 St John, Yeovil, Somerset, UK
Marriage: October-December 1929 Hammersmith, London, UK
Wife: Dorothy Sophia Ames 1908-1930
Marriage: 29 July 1934 Dagenham, Essex or Taunton, Somerset, UK
Wife: Iris Priscilla Larway 1908-1991
Death: July-September 1980 Isle of Wight, UK
By Iris
Graham Michael Swetman 1941-2002
Birth of Oliver Nelson Swetman in FreeBMD in October-December 1908 in Guildford (2a 98).
Entry in Ancestry Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 for Oliver Nelson Swetman born on 27 October 1909 (sic), baptised on 8 August 1909 at Yeovil St John, Somerset, parents Oliver and Bertha Swetman. "Page 130 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of The Parish Church Yeovil in the County of Somerset in the Year One thousand eight hundred and nine [...] Born Oct 21st 1909 August 8 No. 1035 Oliver Nelson, [parents] Oliver, [a] Coach Trimmer, [and] Bertha Swetman [of] 6 Percy Road Stoughton Nr. Guildford".
His sister was born in Guildford in 1910.
In the 1911 census as Nelson Swetman aged 2, born in Guildford, Surrey, and living with his parents (Oliver and Bertha), and sister (Ethel) in five rooms at 25 Stoughton Terrace, Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey.
His two sisters were born in Brentford in 1916 and Taunton in 1926.
Marriage of Oliver N Swetman and Dorothy S Ames in FreeBMD in October-December 1929 in Hammersmith (1a 676).
His wife died in Brentford in July-September 1930.
Marriage of Oliver N Swetman and Iris P Larway in FreeBMD in July-September 1934 in Taunton (5c 609).
Entry in Ancestry Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960 for Oliver Nelson Swetman, widowed, and Iris Priscilla Larway on 29 July 1934 in Dagenham. Note that this conflicts with the above entry.
Two entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Oliver Nelson Swetman address Ivydene, Buckingham Road, Hampton, Spelthorne, Middlesex in 1938 and 1939, other occupants Iris Priscilla Swetman (wife?), and Carrie Magdaline Luff (his half-sister-in-law) and her husband (Cyril Herbert Luff) in 1938, and 9 Ormond Drive, Hampton, Twickenham in 1939, other occupants Iris Priscilla Swetman (wife?), and another family.
His son was born in Taunton in 1941.
Death of Oliveer (sic - on the typed original) Nelson Swetman, born on 21 October 1908, in FreeBMD in July-September 1980 in IOW (20 1759).
Five entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Nelson Oliver Swetman born in Guildford in 1908, parents Oliver Swetman and Bertha Hann, his marriage to Iris Priscilla Swetman Larway, a daughter, and his death in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire in July 1980, and two for Oliver Nelson Swetman born on 21 October 1908 in Guildford, Surrey, his marriage to Dorothy Sophia Ames in one and Iris Priscilla Larway in the other.
Oliver Nelson Swetman was the husband of Iris Priscilla Larway, daughter of Sarah Harriett Winter, mother of Carrie Magdelene Louise Oggier, wife of Cyril Herbert Norton Luff, my half third cousin.
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